Exam Shoot Nine

For this shoot, I wish to digress from the confines of a studio setting and see what working with natural on location can offer me. I wish to experiment first of all with using natural light alone to create different shadows. My theme will be that of a woman whom does not fit into the 'perfect' woman's role as she is somewhat 'ferril', which I thought worked well with the two locations I chose.
Model: Olivia | Props/equiment: Canon 7D | Location: Chaddesden Woods and a wall nearby.

IMG_9597 - Part One: I took this image in front of the rustic wall, as I believed this showed a less civilised side to my model. I still wanted to experiment with lighting as I had done in the studio, just with natural lighting instead; for this image I decided to create a darker photo by placing my reflector the opposite way round, creating a shadow on her face. I wanted the background to be a prominent part in the photo, therefore I left plenty of looking space and space above her head.

IMG_9607 - Part Two: First of all, I decided to remove the bin which proved to be a somewhat arduous task, however it vastly improved the image. I then removed the blemishes on her face and her bra straps to create a more feral looking woman. After that, I decided to then compromise her perfection in a different way then the usual blemishes, and combine both desaturation, a HDR effect, a texture and cracks to create a gurney photo to correlate with the background.

IMG_9607 - Part One: For this photo, I wished to bring focus to both the tribal styling of her hair (inspired by a character off the 100), as after all they are still alternative fashion/beauty shots as well as the rustic background. To do this, I positioned her with her back to me, yet looking to the side to create a nice profile and shape of her jaw. For the composition, I had her as central as possible whilst still leaving looking space to her right.

IMG_9615 - Part Two: I wanted to further emphasise that trapped feel that the idea of female perfection creates in society. Although she still looks somewhat ferril, the introduction of the industrial metal bars allows for this connotation to work. I decided to mar her face in a different way to my previous textures and cracks, instead I decided to draw pre-surgery markings on her face to signify the idea of pressure that perfection can make us feel, and how it evoke the feeling of…

IMG_9615 - Part One: For this image, I again wished to experiment with lighting as well as connote the idea of my model feeling trapped. I wanted to to at first find a chain-linked fence to create interesting shadows, however I could not find one in Oakwood, therefore I decided to settle for these metal barred fence which I do still like the shadow effect from, whilst still keeping her eye a clear focus point.

IMG_9584 - ...more by making her less like a human and more like a doll, a statue; yet still subverting the typical idea of portraying her as voyeuristic object because she is a female, instead I wanted her to emit the feel of a her warrior staging battle scars. However, instead of scars, I decided to use cracks. First of all, I made her look more like a doll by perfecting her skin and making her slightly paler, as well as lowering the saturation of the background to bring all attention to…

IMG_9584 - Part One: I took this image from a low angle to give the model the look of superiority, which she excels at in this image with her chin held up high, yet her eyes cast down in a darkened shadow. This photo turns the idea of female perfection on its head, with the model emitting the feel of power and control whilst still looking somewhat wild in the rural setting - the opposite of the 'perfect' demure, civilised woman. Part Two: I wanted the feel of perfection to be compromised…

IMG_9562 - Part Two: For the manipulation, I decided to duplicate the idea of the imperfect 'full frame negative' effect to mirror my concept of the model being imperfect. I first of all experimented with making this image black and white to go with the vintage 'full frame negative' effect, however it did not work and made her blend into the background which my aim of the photo was not to do. However, I believe it works well with this image anyway as to brings more focus to the model.

IMG_9562 - Part One: For this photo, I wanted to make her seem as though she at one with the land, without loosing amongst the busy background of trees and leaves. This was made somewhat easier by her bright hair, which brings her out of the background anyway but was also made more prominent by having in the foreground, raised by crouching down on the log and by me taking this from a low angle, giving her the feeling of superiority over the earth around her.

IMG_9597 - Part Two: To emphasise the dark, grungy mood of this photo, I decided to first of all use the 'Burn' tool to darken the wall around her, which to my liking created the eerie green colour and emphasise all the dips and dents in it. Then, to bring out the idea of my model defying the ideal female perfection, I wanted her too to tie in with the darkened mood. To do this, I decided to use a texture of old paper and also darken, lower the saturation and heighten the contrast of the…